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Qualifying condition
Margate is a Florida municipality (pop. ~59,200 per Census 2024 PEP, FIPS 1243125, Broward County). The Live Local Act applies to all Florida municipalities statewide with no population threshold. Trigger requires ≥40% of units affordable at ≤120% AMI on commercial/industrial/mixed-use zoned land. Margate has B-1, B-2, B-2A, B-3, TOC-C, TOC-G, TOC-CC, M-1, and M-1A zones that qualify as commercial/industrial/mixed-use trigger zones under the activity-allowed test (SB 1730 2025). R-3A (>16 du/ac) is the highest residential density in jurisdiction; TOC-CC at 122 ft / 8 floors is the tallest zoning height within 1 mile of most qualifying sites. No Areas of Critical State Concern apply (Margate is not in Keys, Apalachicola, Big Cypress, Green Swamp, or Key West areas).
Qualifying condition
Margate (pop. ~59,200) is a Florida municipality; SB 328 applies statewide. TOC districts along SR 7 are served by Broward County Transit Route 36 (SR 7 bus) and BCT Route 14; proximity to BCT transit stops within ¼ mile of commercial zones along SR 7 triggers the parking-reduction mandate (≥15% reduction; 100% elimination in locally designated TOD areas). Margate has designated TOC districts which may qualify as transit-oriented development areas under § 163.3164(28).
FL SB 1730 (2025) — Live Local moratorium ban, Fla. Stat. § 166.04151(7)applies
Qualifying condition
Margate is a Florida municipality; SB 1730 applies statewide. Prohibition on Live Local Act moratoria (except single 90-day moratorium per 3-year cycle) applies. No city-specific moratorium currently documented.
FL SB 180 (2025) — Post-storm moratorium banapplies
Qualifying condition
Applies statewide conditionally after hurricane landfall in Florida through 2028-06-30. Margate is in Broward County, a coastal county subject to hurricane risk; August 2024 hurricane season retroactive trigger is operative. Margate cannot enact post-storm development moratoria during the sunset window.
FL Fla. Stat. § 509.032(7) — Short-term rental preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Applies to all Florida municipalities. Margate may not prohibit STRs or regulate duration/frequency. Pre-2011 grandfathered ordinances: none confirmed in available sources. SB 280 (2024) was vetoed 2024-06-27; § 509.032(7) controls.
FL Fla. Stat. § 163.045 — Tree removal preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Applies to all Florida municipalities for residential property with certified arborist/landscape-architect documentation of unacceptable-risk tree. Margate cannot require permit, fee, or replacement in such cases.
FL Fla. Stat. § 419.001 — Group homesapplies
Qualifying condition
Margate has R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-1D single-family districts (≤6 resident group homes must be allowed as-of-right, treated as single-family, with 1,000 ft spacing) and R-3, R-3A multifamily districts (7–14 resident homes with notice/hearing process and spacing rule).
FL Fla. Stat. § 553.73 — Florida Building Code preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Margate (Broward County) must use the Florida Building Code statewide; local technical amendments require state approval under § 553.73(4). Applies to all municipalities.
FL Fla. Stat. § 70.001 — Bert Harris Actapplies
Qualifying condition
Applies statewide to all governmental actions that inordinately burden existing or vested property rights. Margate is subject to Bert Harris compensation claims. No city-specific pending claims identified.
Non-applicable laws (1)
FL Fla. Stat. § 161.053 — CCCL (Coastal Construction Control Line)does not apply
Qualifying condition
Margate is an inland municipality (centroid lat 26.248, lon -80.211) in western Broward County, approximately 8–10 miles from the Atlantic coast; not adjacent to CCCL-regulated coastal areas. No oceanfront or estuarine shoreline within Margate city limits. CCCL does not apply.
Adopted building codes
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Amendment history
| Date | Kind | Citation |
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| 2026-06-02 | retrieved at | library.municode.com/fl/margate |
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| primary url present | passed | https://library.municode.com/fl/margate/codes/code_of_ordinances |
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| no aggregator cited | passed | scan clean — no zoneomics, steadily, siteplanguide, propwire, zonara, or unzoned citations |
| confidence tags full form | passed | All confirmed dimensional values cite § App.A Art.V/XIV/XV/XVI/XVII with city PDF (Rev 2/26/2024); TOC heights cite § S9.7 + Ord. 2023-9; not_captured fields carry reason strings |
| overlays have parameters trigger confidence | passed | TOC overlay: 5 params + trigger + confirmed; FEMA-FP: partial with params + trigger; CRA: confirmed; HISTORIC: not_found with search_performed; COR: confirmed with params |
| preempt section city specific | passed | 10 laws with city-specific qualifying_condition_checked: pop 59200, FIPS 1243125, Broward County location, coastal/inland determination, transit route specifics, zone trigger confirmation |
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